About Pharming
Pharming Healthcare Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. We are developing and commercializing a portfolio of innovative medicines, including small molecules and biologics. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a significant proportion of its employees based in the U.S.
Our Vision
Our Vision is to develop a leading global rare disease company with a diverse portfolio and presence in large markets, leveraging proven and efficient clinical development, supply chain, and commercial infrastructure.
Life at Pharming
Today, more than ever, were positioned to realize our vision of becoming a leading global rare disease company. Our success will come from everyones commitment to our patients, our ability to work with focus and clarity, and our shared dedication to building something meaningful together. We can only achieve this by embracing our biotech culture, Life at Pharming, which is dynamic, experimental, and shaped by what we learn together. We are looking for people who are excited about our vision and living our values:
Summary
Pharming is seeking a proactive and hands-on U.S. Tax Manager to oversee all aspects of tax compliance, tax accounting, and SOX controls for its U.S. operations. This role ensures accurate and timely federal, state, and local tax filings, high-quality tax reporting under U.S. GAAP, and the maintenance of strong internal controls.
The ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic biotech environment, brings strong U.S. tax technical expertise and is comfortable collaborating within cross-functional and global teams. The role also provides key management and support to the Head of Tax on ad‑hoc projects, tax planning initiatives and broader strategic business support.
Responsibilities
U.S. Tax Compliance
Manage and coordinate all federal, state, and local corporate income tax filings for U.S. legal entities.
Maintain a U.S. tax compliance calendar, ensuring all filing and payment deadlines are met.
Review federal and state tax returns prepared by external advisors to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with Group tax policies.
Oversee U.S. sales & use tax, property tax, and other applicable indirect tax filings.
Coordinate with external tax advisors to ensure high-quality deliverables and alignment with Pharmings global tax strategy.
SOX & Internal Controls
Maintain all SOX-related tax controls, including design, documentation, testing coordination, and remediation.
Ensure tax-related controls are fully embedded within local business processes and well understood by control owners.
Collaborate with Internal Audit, Finance, and external auditors during SOX testing cycles and year-end processes.
Tax Accounting & Reporting (U.S. GAAP)
Perform quarterly U.S. tax provisioning and review annual tax provisioning under U.S. GAAP, including current and deferred taxes.
Prepare and support Effective Tax Rate (ETR) analyses and tax forecasts for U.S. operations.
Ensure the accuracy and completeness of U.S. tax balances in the financial statements and maintain high-quality supporting documentation.
Work closely with external advisors and the Group Finance team during monthly, quarterly and annual closing cycles.
Transfer Pricing & Intercompany Support
Maintain U.S. transfer pricing documentation in accordance with IRS requirements (Sec. 482).
Assist with intercompany charge calculations, true-ups, and reconciliations.
Ensure the accurate reflection of intercompany transactions in local filings and financial reporting.
Ad-hoc projects
Work closely with the Head of Tax on key initiatives, including planning analyses, evaluation of available incentives, handling of tax authority interactions (IRS and state), business expansions, supply chain discussions, commercial decisions, etc.
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Salary Range
Pharming takes into consideration a combination of candidate's work experience, training, and education, as well as the scope of the role, complexity, and external market and internal value when determining a salary level.
The base salary range for this position is from $140,000 to $195,000 per year.
Compensation & Benefits
Other Benefits
Additional Information
Pharming Healthcare, Inc. is a merit-based equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected classes.
An applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request via email to HR-US@pharming.com.
Unsolicited resumes from agencies should not be forwarded to Pharming. Pharming will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes through this source. Pharming will only pay a fee to agencies if a formal agreement between Pharming and the agency has been established. The Human Resources/Talent Acquisition department is responsible for all recruitment activities; please contact us directly to be considered for a formal agreement.